hot shower is like embracing a woman

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> > Cold shower increases ojus, or virya, and is good for your health. That

> > was the principal reason for Srila Prabhupada recommending cold showers

> > over hot ones.

 

Sarasvati Thakura said, "Don't sit against the wall. That is stri-sanga.

That bodily comfort is a kind of pleasure as a stri-sanga is a kind of

bodily pleasure." Sarasvati Thakura himself would sit with a very straight

back. He would say, "Aram (comfort) is haram (abominable)." So he warned his

disciples against subtle sense pleasure in this way. This instruction was

especially meant for brahmacaris and sannyasis.

 

As per BSST, for brahmacaries unnecessary bodily comfort is stri-sanga.

 

So hot water bath if taken without any genuine reason of sickness, disease,

old age, cold weather etc. just for the sake of luxury then it can also fall

under the category of stri sanga.

 

Your servant,

Nayana-ranjana das